Transplant

The human body rejection of animal parts as transplants is not a problem anymore. Scientists have found a way to overcome this problem. Human organs for transplant are in great demand and it means that patients must wait a long time to get them.

Recently scientists have found a way to use animal tissue such as blood, vessels and tendons as transplants because earlier it was impossible due to the human's body rejection of them.
For example, the heart of a pig transplanted to a human body won't guarantee a long life for a patient because it is too inert and won’t be able to be repaired. But scientists have managed to resolve the problem. They combined freezing, chemical baths and ultrasound to strip the animal tissue of the cells and block the body's response(or rejection) that occurs in the immune system.

It is a really great innovation that has only recently been developed in medicine. A lot of time is needed to achieve high levels of using this method and to introduce it in common transplant surgery. However the first step has already been taken and now it requires further investigation.

Leyla Akhundova

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